A Tall Thanks - Polka Dot Orchard

 Happy Saturday!  Hello and welcome!  I should totally be wrapping Christmas presents right now but I'm here sharing my latest card instead...  I recently fell in love with the A Tall Thanks digital stamp set from Polka Dot Orchard.  So, it hopped into my cart and here I am with a card!

I printed the image onto Neenah Solar White cardstock.  I also printed it out onto a fun holiday patterned paper.  I fussy cut the cup from the patterned paper.  Then I cut the sleeve and the lid out of the Neenah cardstock.  I colored up the sleeve with Copics BG78, 75 and 72.  I added some shading to the patterned paper with R85 and 83.  I used N5, 3, 1 and 0 to the lid. 

Next I added foam tape to the back of the sleeve and the lid and applied them to the cup.  I got out my Star Dust Stickles and added it to the lid.  I set the cup aside to dry.

I had a another complete image on cardstock.  I cut it down to 3" x 6" and colored it with more Copic markers.  I did put down a light layer of color on the cup in case anything showed around my fussy cut pieces.  The car is colored with R89, 85 and 83.  The grays I used were N7, 5, 3 and 1.  I used E39 & 36 to add color to the rope.  For the headlights I used Y02 and 00 and BG0000 for the glass areas.  

I glued the patterned paper cup onto the colored panel.  Then the whole thing went onto a 3 1/4" x 6 1/4" card base.  And that's a wrap!  You can check out the entire Polka Dot Store HERE.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

~Kristina

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Vintage Snowman

Hello friends!  Welcome to my blog!  I'm back with another project for Scrappy Tails Crafts.  The star of my card today is the Slimline Snowman Spinner Add-On die.  While he looks fabulous as a spinner, I'm using him on a mini slimline card.

I thought it would be fun to use patterned paper for all the different pieces.  I dug through my collection and pulled out several patterns.  I first cut the whole snowman out of cardstock for a layer of stability.  Then I cut him out using a creamy patterned paper with winter words all over it.

Then I gave it some definition with warm grey Copic markers.

Here he is all put together!  I did use Copic markers to add some detail to the scarf.  I also added some Stickles to the white parts of the candy cane.

Now he just needs a card base!  I used the smallest layer die from the Slimline Shadow Box dies to cut out a woodgrain patterned paper.  It already had snowflakes printed on it but I added some more fun with white splatters.  I inked up the edges lightly with some purple ink and used foam tape to add it onto a mini slimline card base.  Then I glued on the snowman.  It was at this point I added the white gel pen details.

For the sentiment, I used the Hot Foil Bold Christmas Sentiments.  I colored a smooth piece of white cardstock to match the other blues with a Copic marker.  Then I used silver sparkle foil with the Be Merry foil plate.  I cut it down to size, added some foam tape and popped it on the card.  

This card was so fun to piece together.  I can see many more snowmen in my future!  Thanks again for visiting!

~Kristina

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You're the coolest!

Just poppin' in real quick on this sunny Saturday morning to share my latest card.  It features the Cool Penguins set from Rachel Vass Designs.  I think this cutie makes a fantastic winter card!

I happened to have the perfect paper to match the embosing folder that I used.  I carefully used a brush to apply ink to the raised portions of the embossed panel.  The penguin was colored using Copic markes.  Cute and simple!

Have a wonderful day!

~Kristina

Black Friday Sales!

 Hi fellow crafters!  It's that time of year.  Black Friday deals are here!  I *know* there are tons of sales happening right now.  I wanted to share some of my favorites!

Shop HERE

And they are offering a free gift with purchases over $150!

Ellen Hutson has some awesome deals in their "Thankful" category.

Shop HERE

And last, but not least, Altenew from 11/25 through 11/26!

Shop HERE

Happy shopping!

~Kristina

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Christmas Blessings

Hello there!  I'm beginning to work fast and furious on Christmas holiday cards.  It seems like I never start early enough.  This card got its start as a tool I used to make another card.  And then I thought, what if I did this?  What happened was this!

Now you're probably wondering what "tool" I am talking about.  You see, this panel actual started life as a stencil for another Scrappy Tails Crafts card I made. So, let's talk about how it all started.

I cut a piece of thick, white cardstock to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".  Then I took the smaller snowflake dies from the Scrappy Tails Crafts Intricate Snowflake Spinner Add-On dies set.  I taped them to the white cardstock and ran it through my die cut machine. Then I repeated.

I kept going until I was left with a "complete" panel.

It was this panel that I used as a stencil to create a panel similar to the one below.

And my stencil piece looked like this.

I thought it had potential.  So I stenciled more snowflakes with a navy ink.  I liked what I was seeing on the stencil but it wasn't ready.  I brought back both ink colors and started liberally applying ink.

And since I thought it was already looking like a winter sky, I added water splatters and white splatters.  Which left me with this beauty.

My navy ink actually turned purple when I splattered it with water making it look like I used three colors instead of just two!

I grabbed a smaller rectangle die to cut it down a bit for optimum effect.

Now that I had this beautiful panel, I wanted to make sure I kept it as the center of attention.  I cut a larger panel out of white cardstock.  I stamped the "Christmas Blessings" sentiment from the Cardinal Blessings set with the same blue ink.

I added foam tape to the back of the snowflake panel and adhered it to the white panel.  Then I added foam to the back of the white panel and adhered it to the blue card base.  And there we have it.  A piece that started as a tool and became a card of its own!

Thanks for stopping by my crafty little corner!

~Kristina

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